Team Barras' cartie, the Barras Mullet (a reference to the teams haircut, presumably) continues to be talked up by its overconfident team members. However, our spies tell us that their machine seems to be powered entirely by hot air.

Meanwhile, Team McKibben have been lobbying for a change in the rules to reduce the number of pushers from 4 to 2. It is believed that the reason behind this is that the team supremo, Byron, doesn't have 4 mates.